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Week in Review: May 4-8

By Lisa Kaczke
Fourth-grade students from St. Katharine Drexel School in St. Cloud are literally on the edge of their seats Thursday during a Capitol tour featuring a live floor session. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Fourth-grade students from St. Katharine Drexel School in St. Cloud are literally on the edge of their seats Thursday during a Capitol tour featuring a live floor session. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)

The Office of Inspector General bill has exited the House.

The House passed HF1338/SF856* Thursday after it had stalled in committees for most of the 2026 session and a working group came together to create a bipartisan, bicameral agreement. It now heads to the Senate for concurrence.

Lawmakers also overwhelmingly approved HF3900 that would put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November to increase the annual distribution from the Permanent School Fund to increase funding for schools.

Bill packages advanced out of the chamber this week included workforce, labor, and economic development; elections; higher education; housing; and public safety.
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Recent Dailies

State eyes $3 million study to harness heat from wastewater
By Rob Hubbard
Luke Gaalswyk, president and CEO of Ever-Green Energy, testifies before the House Energy Finance and Policy Committee April 14 in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Larry Kraft, left, to provide funding for a wastewater treatment facility heat capture pilot program. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) What goes down the drain could come back to heat your home or business. That’s the principle behind using wastewater as a heating source. Rep. Larry Kraft (DFL-St. Louis Par...
Minnesota lawmakers move toward Medicaid work requirements under pressure of federal cuts
By Tim Walker
(House Photography file photo) New rules in the federal “Big Beautiful Bill” add work or community service requirements for Medicaid eligibility and require states to adopt those rules or lose federal funding...
Department of Natural Resources policy bill unveiled, held over
By Tim Walker
Legislative Coordinator Barbara Keller walks through the DNR policy bill with Rep. Josh Heintzeman at the April 14 meeting of the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee. (Photo by Andrew VonBank) The Department of Natural Resources has a wide-ranging mission that can be summarized as providing outdoor recreation opportunities by conserving, managing, and regulating the s...
House GOP pushes for $4 billion property tax refund as DFL warns of risks to MN's hospitals, schools
By Rob Hubbard
(House Photography file photo) During an April 9 House floor session, Rep. Isaac Schultz (R-Elmdale Township) unsuccessfully moved to suspend House rules to take up a bill that would appropriate $4 billion to...
Renovated State Office Building on track for September '27 reopening, House lawmakers hear
By Mike Cook
Work continues March 20 on the State Office Building renovation and expansion project. Tenants are expected to return to the facility in September 2027. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) House operations and members are likely to return to a renovated and expanded State Office Building in September 2027. Once that building is filled, the current home of thos...
'We are all just a crisis away': Lawmakers push to fund expanded emergency housing
By Graham Johnson
Tatyana Haynes shares her homelessness experience with the House Capital Investment Committee Tuesday in support of HF4736 and HF4737. Rep. Heather Keeler sponsors the bills to fund an emergency shelter facility account. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) When the Pathways Home Act passed in 2023, the Legislature appropriated $150 million in one-time funding for emergency shelter facility improvement projects. It wasn’t nearl...
Upgrades to ‘Oregon Trail’-era county IT systems would be prioritized under bill
By Winter Keefer
Dana DeMaster, director of employment and economic assistance for Dakota County, testifies before the House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee Tuesday in support of HF4675. Sponsored by Rep. Danny Nadeau, the bill would establish a Human Services Systems Steering Committee. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) When Jeanne Holland became a Wright County commissioner, she thought county workers were joking that they had to use a green screen to process public assistance services. Th...
Proposed grant program targets health care labor shortages
By Margaret Stevens
May yer Thao, president and CEO of the Hmong American Partnership, testifies Tuesday before the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee in support of a bill to create a health care workforce grant program. Rep. Dave Pinto sponsors HF3732. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) Basic economic principles say when demand exceeds supply, prices rise. It is a dynamic seen in the oil market with gas prices, and it can apply to labor as well: when an industr...
Legislation aims to align transit, road projects and housing development
By Rob Hubbard
MJ Carpio, executive director of Move Minnesota, testifies Monday before the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee in support of HF4449. The bill that would modify requirements related to transit and land use in the Twin Cities metropolitan area is sponsored by Rep. Katie Jones. (Photo by Michele Jokinen) Rep. Katie Jones (DFL-Mpls) feels that a plan’s been missing when it comes to how to make commercial and housing development, road construction projects and transit routes work ...
Omnibus liquor bill that includes ‘Grandparents’ Happy Hour’ passes House
By Lisa Kaczke
(House Photography file photo) Residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are one step closer to enjoying a happy hour in their facilities. The issue of alcohol in those facilities arose wh...
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